Progress on Performing Arts Bond

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The school district has acquired a bond to use for school projects. These include ones at other schools, but also the performing arts center being built near the tennis courts. The black box theatre will have 650 seats, choir, dance, and vocal rooms, along with a shop. Photo by Adrian Jimenez

BY ADRIAN JIMENEZ

Progress is being made for the Performing Arts Center due to be built in 2020. After the projects in other schools are finished, the newly acquired bond will help pay for the new theatre.

“I know that it is due to be here in 2020 and that it is going to be a 650 seat theatre, black box theatre, vocal, dance, and choir rooms, scene shop…” Theatre director Kim Segura said.

At this point, they have already gone around and found a general idea of what they want the building to look like.

“We’ve done some tours of other performance centers and had a couple meetings with the architects to look at the blueprints,” Segura said.

Recently, however, they’ve found a bond to help pay for the building.

“The school district got the bond… (This) helps pay for all of the upgrading of the schools, and part of that is the performance center,” Segura said.

The building will be built near the A1 portable and tennis courts, but the blueprints are still being made.

“The architects are drawing proposals to show the board at the December or January school board meeting” WCUSD school board member Eileen Jimenez said.

Overall, the Performing Arts Center is the last project in line to be built and is still early in the process.

“Our hands are tied. We’re just working with the architects and the district, putting our input in, but they’re the ones that are doing everything. We’re just giving them our opinions,” Segura said.